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Muxtape gets shut down. Pandora might get shut down. Everyone is pissed off. A call for patronage.
Dumber is Faster with Large Data Sets (and Disk Seeks)
Predictions for Apple September Thingy
YouTube - 1988 Paul Hunt gymnastics comedy beam routine
blackrimglasses - The Frustration of Wanting Something You Can’t Buy
How To Launch Software (Aaron Swartz’s Raw Thought)
Failure - [...]
Projector Choices
I need to get a projector for the office and I’m having a hack of a time trying to decide on a relatively cost-effective projector that has a 1280 pixel wide resolution (generally 720p).
These two are the current leading contenders:
Optma HD70
Sharp DT510
I have a Sharp for my home projector and I’m quite satisfied with it. [...]
ShareThis 2.3
There’s a new version of ShareThis out this evening. This release fixes a bug in version 2.2 where the ShareThis button might not be visible correctly if your WordPress theme shows post excerpts on certain pages.
ShareThis is a plugin that makes it easy for your visitors to share your content to other people or online [...]
New Lijit WordPress Plugin
There’s a new and improved Lijit WordPress plugin available for download. This version is one that my company, Crowd Favorite, had the pleasure of helping build.
The new plugin makes it easy for you to enable Lijit search from the default WordPress search box, or you can add in the full Lijit widget wijit if you [...]
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Fight the Future
Macbook + Coffee = Bad - one of those “laugh but also feel kinda sick about it” things.
blackrimglasses - Holy Jesus - power of attorney? - I can understand why they need it, but yeah…
Memoranda - some good points here.
The Long Term Performance of InnoDB - this is completely true, but as a [...]
WordCamp Utah
WordCamp Utah is coming!
September 27th is the date - registration is open.
I’m quite looking forward to this (particularly since I wasn’t able to make WordCamp SF this weekend), both as a speaker and as an attendee. I’ll probably be flying in Friday mid-day and out on Sunday.
Big thanks to Joseph Scott for organizing.
My company, Crowd [...]
Debugging an XSS attack
Today I ran across a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attack in the wild. Since the victimized site is run by a friend, I did a little digging to see how the attack was done so I could tell him about the issue and how to fix it. Here is a little background on XSS attacks [...]
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Paul Abrams: The McCain Strategy Is Vintage Karl Rove, the Media Loves It, and the Obama Camp Is Not Taking It Seriously Enough
tecosystems - Big Brother is Watching You. On Twitter.
Sprint: Sprint Finally Makes Good On 3G Data Capping - this totally sucks. (thanks Eric)
Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad - “I’ll see you at [...]
Addictomatic Refreshed
Addictomatic is sporting a shiny new suit today.
The overall look has been updated with a great new design from Bryan Bell, and a number of little features have been added and minor tweaks made since the initial launch.
I’ve got a few more screenshots here, but it’s a lot more fun to just go poke around.
Here [...]
Twitter Tools 1.5b1
I’ve got a new version of Twitter Tools ready to test. This version has a number of changes, including one that has been very frequently requested:
Weekly digests! This needs a good deal of testing, help us find bugs
Ability to exclude @replies from daily and weekly digests and blog posts
Updates to match Twitter API changes so [...]
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Font Conference - CollegeHumor video - bwahahaha.
John Resig - Keypress in Safari 3.1
Griffin Technology: PowerDock - this is fantastic on so many levels. (thanks Shawn)
Beyond REST, or Beyond XMPP? Both? The Q&A - great interview and responses, I expect nothing less from Steve and Joe.
MsgFiler 2.0.3 Released! - this is a must-have.
Not Yet Squirrelly - [...]
404s and WordPress Server Load
A few months back we launched a site redesign/redevelopment project for a client, and made a simple mistake that had some interesting ramifications. It’s worth posting here so others don’t make the same mistake.
What Happened
When redeveloping the site, we moved the WordPress instance from the web root:
/public_html/wp-config.php
/public_html/wp-includes/
/public_html/…
to a subdirectory within the web root:
/public_html/wordpress/wp-config.php
/public_html/wordpress/wp-includes/
/public_html/…
I consider this [...]
iPhone DevCamp Colorado
I’m hoping to be there for most of the weekend - should be a good event.
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Around the web
furbo.org - Bugging - great points from Craig. Early adopter hassles aren’t just for end-users.
Twitter Blog: Finding A Perfect Match - no-brainer.
This cartoon wrote a sweary word on your toilet wall. (thanks Sam)
Micah Chic - I wish I were half as funny as Micah.
Twitter Technology Blog: Summize and The Future of the Twitter API good [...]
Finally, the Killer App for the iPhone
This is just brilliant
I knew that the SDK would provide developers the room they needed to really spread their wings and succeed. My faith has been rewarded.
For best results, use with this.
(thanks Sean)
